The Bangladesh seamers took no half-measures against the Afghanistan batters, picking up six wickets between them, including four of the top-five batters. The penetrating spell brought the score to 15-4 for the visitors, and then it brought them to 32-5 before a succession of partnerships let them stumble to 126.
Shoriful Islam took out both Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah in his second over, making them the first two batsmen to be dismissed. After that, Taskin Ahmed eliminated Rahmanullah Gurbaz as well as the reliable Mohammad Nabi, which brought their score to 15-4 and left them reeling. After that, the veteran bowler Shakib Al Hasan came into the game and picked out Najibullah Zadran while bowling a devastating period of ten overs in which he only allowed thirteen runs to be scored against him.
However, coming in at 68-7, Azmatullah Omarzai hit 56 runs off 71 balls, adding 58 more runs to the total with the final three batters, and giving the innings some sense of respectability. Afghanistan’s innings came to a close in little over 45 overs with the team scoring 126 runs before being dismissed. Shoriful was the most successful bowler throughout the innings, taking four wickets.
A clinical bowling effort by Bangladesh may prevent Afghanistan from completing a sweep of the series, despite the fact that Afghanistan currently hold an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
Brief Scores: Afghanistan 126 all outin 45.2 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 56, Shoriful Islam 4-21, Taskin Ahmed 2-23)vs Bangladesh
